Re: Fuel economy of Xplorers

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Rod [comtrain]" <Comtrain@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > If this is the efficiency of the train (and extending the situation to
> > freight), then why doesn't rail freight have so much lower rates than road
> > that there is no such thing as road transport??
>
> One answer would be.
> Trucks don't build the roads they are respnsible only for their rig..
> On the other hand Railways do need to provide the lot.
> Including the same fuel excises, taxes etc as the trucker!

Railways now pay less excise than trucks since the GST.

> Most Trucks run as owner operators, and they work horrendous hours, save as
> much as they can on maintenance, and don't need to pay wages

Just the drug overheads.